Despite the wind, runners taking part in the Scottish Half Marathon and the 10k over the weekend enjoyed glorious sunshine as they raced to the finish the line along East Lothian's coastline.

Around 2,000 runners took part in the Scottish 10k, with a further 4,000 Half Marathon runners setting off for the 13.1 mile challenge. Kevin Liddle, running for Garscube Harriers, took home the win, with a time of 1:12:16.

Speaking after the race, Kevin said: ''Today was great, the weather was better than anticipated. There were four of us together at the five mile mark and then I dropped back slightly up to the half way point.

"But I stuck to the pace and eventually caught them up again. I only really shook Paul (Featherstone) with one mile to go, so I'm delighted to take the win today.''

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In excess of quarter of a million pounds was raised for over 300 charities, led by the event’s official charity Cancer Research UK, and its three established Scottish charities; Chest Heart & Stroke Scotland, Alzheimer Scotland and Edinburgh Children’s Hospital Charity.

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Among the 10K finishers was Steven Raeburn who was fundraising for Fibromyalgia Action UK. Steven’s wife suffers from the illness, which is characterised by heightened pain all over the body, and this was the motivation behind his run.

Steven said: ''It’s a horrendous illness and it’s not nice seeing someone you love go through it. From chronic pain to memory loss to being in bed for days. My wife is only 28 and she depends on me every day. I want to raise funds and awareness for the charity.